Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood/Research

Archives

Name	Type	Documentation	Status
*.nds	Nintendo DS image		supported
*.herf	Hashed ERF file		supported
*.dict	Dictionary for the hashed ERF files		supported

Resource files

Areas, Rooms and Placeables

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
are	2012	static area information	gff	AreaFile_Format.pdf

Models, Textures and Materials

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
tga	3	targa image	binary
raw	21021	raw image	binary
pal	21020	palette	binary
nanr	21008	nitro animation resource	binary
nbfp	21009	nitro basic file palette	binary
nbfs	21010	nitro basic file screen	binary
ncer	21011	nitro cell resource	binary
ncgr	21012	nitro character graphics resource	binary
nclr	21013	palette definition	binary
nsbca	21015	character animation	binary
nsbmd	21016	model definition	binary
nsbta	21017	texture animation	binary
nsbtp	21018	texture part	binary
nsbtx		texture data	binary

Scripting and Triggers

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status

Quests, Texts and Dialogues

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
tlk	2018	string definitions	talk table	TalkTable_Format.pdf
dlg	2029	dialog definition	gff	Conversation_Format.pdf
itm	21007	item definition	2da

GUI

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
gui	2047	dialog definition	gff
nftr		font definition	binary

Static Properties

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
2da	2017	static data tables	2da	2DA_Format.pdf
gff	2037	generic gff file	gff
gda	22008	static table data	gff

Others

Extension	Type ID	Type description/Usage	Format	Documentation	Status
cbgt	21004
cdpth	21005
emit	21006
plo	22021	plot information	gff
smp	21024		binary
spl	21025	spell definition	2da
sadl	21022	sound list	text
sdat	21023	sound data	binary
vx	21026	prerendered video	actimagine
walk.tga
0x[0-9ABCDEF]{8}	unknown hash?

GUI

• Layout defined in the .gui resources in Gff4 format
• Both screens are of size 256x192
• Coordinate system is 2D, (0,0) is in the upper left corner
• Both screens define their own coordinate system from (0,0) to (256,192)
• The following values for the labels are used:

integer value	usage
60000	X coordinate of the widget in the upper screen
60001	Y coordinate of the widget in the upper screen
60002	width of the widget in the upper screen
60003	height of the widget in the upper screen
60004	background texture
60005	Default text?
60006	only used in test.gui
60007
60008	only used in test.gui
60009
60010
60011
60013	uint8, PANE attribute, possible values 0,1,255
60014
60015	palette
60016	vector3f, text color?
60017
60018	X coordinate of the widget in the lower screen
60019	Y coordinate of the widget in the lower screen
60020	width of the widget in the lower screen
60021	height of the widget in the lower screen
60022
60023	strref in the tlk file
60024	uint8, always 0
60025	uint8, LIST attribute, always 17
60026
60027
60028	uint8, always 0
60029
60030
62000	widget name
62002	list of children widgets
62003	list of some textures (active state?)
62004	list of some textures (inactive state?)
62005	list of some textures
62006	list of some textures
62007	list of some textures